query - for currency

How much of UK currency can be carried in cash during travel from India?

Call Customs department of ur country. I will prefer not to bring more than £500 in cash, rest should be in the form of Banker's draft.

As much as you want I suppose but you have to declare it if there's more than 10k.

A quick check and it's still any amount less than $10k - you can carry more but you have to declare it coz if you are caught, the amount can be seized and you will be fined.

Given you are travelling from India, no matter which airport it is, airport and customs officials try to scare you and get something off you - it's a long standing tradition in India and a very very well known practise followed even today.

Be ready to stand your ground, tell them you know the rules and they dont bother you more. They just wait for youngsters, elderly people and mainly those from the Middle East as many are quite poor/simple/dont know much to pressurize/scare them and take money off them - so just be firm, tell them to show the rules and ask for a Senior officer if they pester you too much. Trust me - if they know you are on to them they just let you go

KP